Oh boy I can’t believe I’m letting her do it!

Xp29h · Mar 28, 2021

I’m starting this thread because I’m now to the point of no return! My daughter, who is into cars, truck and everything thing auto, went to trade school to become a welder and body tech. She can do body work and paint like crazy! Can you see where this is headed? She has been bugging me for sometime to let her redo the body and paint on the 69’.

I watched her last summer redo he 88 Ramcharger and she did a very good job so, I caved. Oh boy. So here we go...

The paint and body has always been a good 10-20 footer. As we found out yesterday there were 6 coats of paint just on the hood! So far! Let’s see what happens with the rest of the car!

I dug up the bubbles on the hood to see what was underneath...more paint!

bubbling stripper action. Not the pole stripper action either!

That white / yellow doesn’t want to come off! But there is more black underneath it! I certainly hope the rest of the car isn’t like this! But I’m sure it is!

Stay tuned!

HEMI-ITIS · Mar 28, 2021

Let her rip and don't bust her shoes!!! Your a lucky man :thumbsup:

JackR · Mar 28, 2021

That’s great....let her rip.

vintage chromoly · Mar 28, 2021

Cool beans

Bighouse · Mar 28, 2021

Awesome

440Coronet500 · Mar 28, 2021

I wish my kids were interested in cars like I am, your a lucky man. Let her rip! 440'

JDmac72chrgr · Mar 28, 2021

NICE!!! Are we seeing the next Jesse Combs, Kristi Lee doing Mopar magic for her dad? Make your dad even PROUDER of you girl!!!

kiwigtx · Mar 28, 2021

That is awesome. :thumbsup:

At last ... a teenager who doesn't sit behind their thumbs playing games with imaginary friends.

Looking forward to this project unfolding.

Xp29h · Mar 30, 2021

Update: three days later we’re down to the original color of the hood. I think the rest of the car will be similar but time will tell.. 8 plus layers later we are down to the yellow and brown sealer then bare metal..

Stay tuned. This might be a long process!

F4R/T · Mar 30, 2021

Awesome.. enjoy it ! She has talent that others would die for! Congratulations on it! Hope she gets to follow her dreams. It all starts somewhere!

1968rt · Mar 30, 2021

make sure you neutralize the stripper when complete or it will come back and haunt you!

747mopar · Mar 30, 2021

That's awesome, a motorhead in the making!

Xp29h · Mar 31, 2021

440Coronet500 said:
I wish my kids were interested in cars like I am, your a lucky man. Let her rip! 440'

She’s pissed at how many coats of paint there are so far!

I tried to tell her she might be in for a surprise! He he he!

Xp29h · Mar 31, 2021

1968rt said:
make sure you neutralize the stripper when complete or it will come back and haunt you!

Absolutely!

although it can’t be any worse that the final count including sealers and primers - 10 coats on just the hood! What the hell were people thinking?

moparedtn · Mar 31, 2021

How awesome is this? I'm envious, my friend. VERY cool to have an offspring take to one of your
interests as seriously as she has! :thumbsup:

Xp29h · Mar 31, 2021

moparedtn said:
How awesome is this? I'm envious, my friend. VERY cool to have an offspring take to one of your
interests as seriously as she has!

Yes it’s very cool and as she was growing up at dance school I figured no way.. But things changed and she really grew to love dodge and the 69. She skipped out on dance for soccer and basketball and then cars! The one thing was I didn’t push any of it. The only thing I said to her was her freshman year she was not sitting around all summer. She went to the summer workouts for all sports. She loved it..

She now owns 5 trucks! They are all parked in my yard, except the one she is driving! Looks like a darn used mopar lot! Gotta love it!

MoparDanMan · Mar 31, 2021

Xp29h said:
Update: three days later we’re down to the original color of the hood. I think the rest of the car will be similar but time will tell.. 8 plus layers later we are down to the yellow and brown sealer then bare metal..

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Stay tuned. This might be a long process!

Wow! Getting all that weight off the car may give you a little better gas mileage LOL

Xp29h · Mar 31, 2021

MoparDanMan said:
Wow! Getting all that weight off the car may give you a little better gas mileage LOL

I’d like to think maybe, but with the 512 stroker, I still better not drive by a gas station!

MoparDanMan · Mar 31, 2021

Ooof, I'm building one of those, is it that bad?

Xp29h · Mar 31, 2021

MoparDanMan said:
Ooof, I'm building one of those, is it that bad?

Well it all depends how you drive it!

lol! It didn’t buy the car and build the stroker to be good on gas! But it’s not outrageous at all. In the build process, I kept the CR down just under 10 so that may or may not help a little.. at least it’s pump gas with a boost here and there. It likes the octane boost and cool weather for sure. Good luck with the build and enjoy it!

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